Have you ever watched Ryder Caroll's original bullet journal video? There's no frills in it. All you need is a pen and a notebook and preferably a ruler.
True bullet journals are definitely the easiest. Love the style. I just like some stickers. The decorations can get overwhelming with the other styles.
100% agree if you haven’t watched Ryder Caroll (bullet journal creator) then you don’t really know bullet journaling. The creative community has taken BUJO to the next level which is great but the basic system is really just a notebook and a pen.
I feel this video. I got my start with paper planning as a kid when I'd draw my own monthly calendar on a sheet of notebook paper to write down homework pages and test dates, and I kept up with planning by picking up basic cheap weekly planners once I hit college to keep track of school assignments and social events in the days before smart phones. Once I had kids, I moved up to a few different "Mom/family" planners available at Amazon or B&N, using them as functional tools without bothering to decorate them. I think this was the first time I was exposed to vertical grid weekly layouts, and I found that I liked them more than the usual horizontal lined boxes for weekly pages because I like having separate blocks for timed events, exercise/food, and tasks. A few friends recommended Passion Planners to me around 2016, so I ordered a small sized one from their Kickstarter for the now discontinued reusable cover version with paperback insert. I liked it enough to get another undated small and a dated Medium on sale and also stocked up on Passion Planners during the $3.14 Pi Day sale last year after using PP (also on sale). I think I grabbed 2 daily and 3 undated weekly ones, because at that price, why not? I learned that I'm not busy enough or into writing about my day ad nauseum to make a daily planner worthwhile, but the weekly planners will eventually get used. I'll probably alternate years with the Nomatic planner, which has a similar layout as the PP weekly but is less cluttered and has some quality of life features I prefer (hard cover, slightly narrower A5 size, three! bookmark ribbons, two elastic bands, offset binding so there is a space at the top edge to stow your pen). I also did a year of bullet journaling in 2017 before deciding that it was a waste of time for me to essentially draw out a weekly spread every Sunday in my blank dot grid notebook when there were hundreds of planners for under $12 that were printed with the same layout I preferred. I tried the OG rapid logging style of bullet journaling that Ryder Carroll demonstrated in his how to video, but eh... I am a visual weekly vertical layout gal, and I also have to be able to write down events that might be months in the future. That is just easier with a classic calendar layout and standard planner for me. I did carry over the notation symbols from my bujo experiment and learned that an all-in-one book bound planner for events AND notes wasn't ideal because there were a lot of things I wrote in the bujo that I wanted to keep for reference in the future that were now stuck in a book with irrelevant grocery lists and long past appointments. I'd have to copy over all of the things I wanted to keep. 😢 I spent a year and a half messing around with Happy Planners in 2020-2022, which is when I fell slightly down the rabbit hole of stickers, washi tape, and plan with me videos. 😂 I actually enjoyed the ability to customize a HP with the exact types of filler pages I liked, but the cost, time spent trying to make it look pretty, and annoying sizes (mini was too small, standard was too big), eventually killed HP for me as a main planner. I liked the standard size (close to notebook paper size, but not as tall) a lot for planning my 2 kids' virtual school schedules during the 2 pandemic years of school at home since I didn't have to lug the heavy planner anywhere. That system felt more like a scrapbook/memory journaling than a functional system for someone who liked to carry their planner on the go. At least the HP sticker collection can be used with PP and Nomatic, and I use the rings and paper punch to make slim ring bound books out of printed crochet and cross stitch patterns without the need for a binder. Staples has the ring bound ARC system that uses half letter sheet refills that is a lot more practical. I have played around a bit with making my own half letter Frankenplanner using it and printable sheets from Etsy. 😅 This year, I'm back to using one of the Nomatic A5 planners for events, appointments, and food logging, but I have a separate Miquelrius spiral graph notebook for tracking exercise (I like to see progress over multiple years and programs) and a B6 Stalogy as a commonplace book for all of the non-fitness knowledge I want to keep beyond one year. I'm an artist, but I don't want to spend my creative time on making a mundane appointment book and food log that will be tossed at the end of the year pretty. I'd rather save it for a dedicated sketchbook or even the commonplace book. These days, my Nomatic is lucky it gets reusable colored monthly Post It tabs and a 4 color Frixion pen.
Thank you for watching and sharing your planner journey! It’s so weird/funny/even comforting that I completely understand all the planner terminology and brands you outlined. I love that I can share this hobby with people like you who know and also love it so much. Let me know how the Nomatic planner goes! I haven’t looked into that one as much but I’ve had a few ppl comment about it!
Yes, this is where new journalers are led astray I think. Companies market dot grid journals as "bullet journals" so it is easy to miss that bullet journaling is a METHOD and the dot grid journals are a TOOL. Without the method, they are just blank notebooks.
I have always had a problem with overspending on stationeries. By the time I discovered the planner community, I already had dozens of unused notebooks laying around 😂 The worst part was none of them fitted my need for a planner. I’ve tried bullet journaling a few times (in 3 different notebooks) just to find out that I couldn’t handle the stress of having to draw out the layout all the time. None of them lasted for very long. Now I’m settled with Hobonichi. Those extra notebooks I will use them for journaling, memory keeping, exploring art and random doodling. For a longtime I was beating myself up for not using up notebooks that I already had. But lastly when I went through my archive, I found out that I’ve actually already finished roughly a dozen of notebooks (or almost finished. Some of them still have a few pages left. Some of them are too old or kinda time sensitive so I can’t really go back and fill them out). So in reality I’m not as bad as I thought. It was a huge relief.
haha! I've tried to squeeze myself into one planner for many years and I am realizing finally that I always end up buying others by April. So I am going just get a few different ones for different reasons that I know I will need anyway. It's not a waste at all I think, it's a hobby, passion, and stress relief for so many of us.
When I first started bullet journaling years ago I loved doing all the artistic spreads and making the notebook look pretty. After three years of that, I got tired of drawing all my calendars and doing all those spreads, collections, etc. I just wanted practical. I tried the Hobonichi for a while, and now I primarily use Sterling Ink planners. (I'm addicted to the Tomoe River paper) Getting over my need to make my planners look like those I saw on TH-cam took a while, but now I do what works best for me. Everybody has different needs.
@@kmm2503 yes! While I know the original intent of bullet journaling may have not be artistic spreads, it’s these versions that drew me to it in the first place but I much prefer a planner laying it all out for me 🤗
Great video listen to it on my way to work. (Bullet Journal) I agree I’m not an artist! I wanna be 😂 but that’s not my ministry😅. I tried personal rings & I love it but the inserts, cutting inserts smh I just can’t & shops that sell gets too expensive. Hobonichi Weeks, oh my the LOVE of my life! This is the only planner I’ve stuck with going on my 3rd year. Idk how I discovered it and idc 😂. I’m glad I did.
I love the weeks! It’s my first year using it and it’s the longest and most use I’ve made of a planner so far! I think it might be planner peace for me!
Thank you for this video. So glad that I found your channel. Hope that you plan to make more videos like this one. Your information is clear and concise.
PassionPlanner is one of my favorites--it's the planner that got me back into journaling full time after several years away. I had been looking for something to organize my life a bit in 2022 and decided to buy the undated Passion Planner in 2021 because I wasn't sure when they were coming out with the 2022 version of the dated ones. I've been using them since then for both planning and memory keeping, but this year I've been slightly falling out of love with it, and while I do plan, I no longer want to memory keep in the planner because I keep running out of space for my writing or my pictures. So for 2025 I've gotten the Hobonichi Cousin Avec because of the daily pages and the space. And I also do not like planner chunk so that's another win for me to have the year split into 2 because those planners do get heavy and thick after a while. lol.
Same! I think 2025 is going to be the first year I don't use the Passion Planner. While it was the first one that got me into the love of planning, I am growing out of it for similar reasons as you
For 2025 work planner I'm switching from Hobonichi Weeks horizontal to the Kokuyo Jibun Techo lite vertical. I'm already exited for the change in the paper. For personal I use a dot grid, and spend a few minutes setting up each week. Since I use the same layouts I made my own stencils. For decor - functional stickers. Adds pretty while minimizing repetition writing.
@@Rosyrespark 2025 will be my first year using a Jibun they have different sizes if that's what you are asking about, and also offer what they call a life kit set up with 3 journals (planner, blank notes, guided journal - not proper explanation) Jet Pens does a decent comparison blog between Jibun (Kokuyo) & Hobonichi for better details. :) (I am not affiliated with any brands, other than end user.)
I love the jibun lite, I've been using it for 2 years, i tried the hobonichi a6 first, but i missed having a weekly view. And i prefer the vertical layout, so the hobo weeks wouldn't be ideal, as cute as it is...
I plan/track in rings. No frills, no stickers, no washi tape. Just a mix of ready-made inexpensive refills from local stationery stores and a Pilot Dr. Grip 4+1 multi pen. Pages that are no longer relevant go into the garbage bin. Long-form journaling happens in fountain pen-friendly hardcover journals (B6 being my favorite size) with 5mm grid paper. For book journaling on the go, I have a TN regular size.
@@yuklimka7251 you saying pilot dr grip caught my eye the most! I know you’re talking about the one version but that was my all time favorite mechanical pencil for years! Got me through undergrad and grad school 💕
@@Rosyrespark I've tried other mechanical pencils with cushioned grips, but they were too squishy. And the 4+1 works for me because I get four colors and a pencil in one pen body. I love Pilot products. They also make some of my favorite fountain pens.
Great video, very clear. Your sound is good as is your video quality and editing. I journal a lot but I don't know that much for the passion planner hobonichi system. I thought your art in the Scribbles was cute, but I get that not everyone is crafty or likes to do that. As others have said the Ryder Caroll original bullet journal system is very minimalistic, not a sticker or cuties drawing in site. I think Pintrest and other socal media took that freedom and ran with it. When you search for bullet journaling you find more vibe than substance.
@@elizabethrush2102 thank you for the feedback! 💕 yes thanks to others here, I now know the original intent was much more minimal but the artistic versions really drew me into this world 😅 while I love my style now I do see myself going more simple at some point too
I really enjoyed your video! I think you did a great job of breaking down different types of planners to help people decide what they need. I’ve used planners for 30 years. Started with the Franklin in undergrad and used that until the BuJo method came out. That did a great job for my work/home needs. When I had a lifestyle change, I was in planner flux, and I needed something with more structure…but not ALL structure. I got the Hobonichi Cousin this year, and I like the structure and layout (I’m a vertical person, I cannot visually ‘see’ a week in the horizontal at all) but I didn’t like every page being dated, and having very little “free pages” for creativity (I’m not an artist, but I like to make things fun, the way you did in your Passion Planner…but I don’t want to have to be able to make every single spread and have it look good, cause it wont, 😂) I found that the color changes, quotes and a few other things bugged me about the Hobonichi. I needed something that I could carry around with me every day in my purse, and I needed a desk planner that was more detailed, but also was less visually distracting and had a little less enforced structure (and no quotes! I hate pre-printed quotes!!! I’ll add my own!) So, I went with the Sterling Ink this year (my first order just came in the mail today and the unopened box is next to me beckoning me!) because I really liked the layout, the choice of all free pages (numbered) after the months/weeks, etc. No quotes, no color changes or distracting visuals. It’s very similar to the Hobonichi Techo and offered in a bunch of sizes, so I got A6 during that release, and I’ll be getting an A5 for my desk with next weeks release. It is costly, and the videos can be so appealing to buy so many accessories (I’m looking at you, full set of Mildliners cause everyone loved them…when I should have spent that money on 7 or 8 Tombow dual brush pens instead…) so I would recommend looking at videos of different planners, thinking about what you need vs what you want. Maybe get a cheap notebook and write out what you’d like it to look like (as a draft) feel the size/weight in your hand. Where is it going? My A6 needs a case to survive daily life in my purse. My A5 really doesn’t, it stays mostly at home, and I have a case already that will work for it. I never thought I’d like Tomoe River Paper, but for a planner, I do. I have some “just journals” from Archer & Olive and Notebook Therapy that are beautiful and I can use for writing when I want to do that (plus a recipe book, and a health book.) I have loved paper and pens since I was a little kid. I love the feel of different papers and how different pens write. Try to go to a store like an art store (or a planner store if you’re lucky enough to have one) where you can sample the different papers and pens (Jetpens also has sample kits of different types of paper and pens that they sell.) If it doesn’t feel right, look right, and fit your needs right…you aren’t going to use it. It’s a journey, and your needs and wants change over time. Pass things down, or swap at a meetup (look for local clubs and libraries) when you’ve decided you don’t like 20 of your washi tapes. Enjoy, but be prudent. As Julia Child said, “Everything in moderation…including moderation.” So have fun where you can, and be more restrained when you can. It should be fun, not intimidating, pressure filled or like a chore. You don’t have to have the newest, coolest thing everyone is going on and on about…see if it’s something you’d like vs “shiny, me, now!” (Any fellow ADHD will understand that!) Keep up with the videos, you have a really nice voice and had great things to say!
Thank you for the feedback and planner advice! I got my first sterling ink this year too! I’ve always tried to stick with one planner but I’m realizing one planner isn’t really going to do it all for since I like different things for different reasons 😅
@@Rosyrespark Same here! I think it’s hard for one planner to fit every need, and if you have a few in different layouts/styles/sizes, or just grid, I’ve found that I feel more comfortable just jotting something down that won’t “ruin” a layout, or doesn’t fit in a prescribed box. Also, more comfortable having that weekly timed schedule that I can put all of the appointments/to dos/family events, etc etc, and not lose the random post-it I jotted it down on and then lose 🤦🏽♀️ Hope you continue to make videos and that you find some Planner Peace ☮️
I've already placed my order for 2025 passion planner. This will be my first time using it but it seems to be the one that has structure and a bit of flexibility. I'm determined not to plan or hop this year because I'm tired of wasting money😂
I love the paper quality but i use it for months and if I skip a week it’s over until the next year 😅but I use it for doodles because of the paper quality
I love the A5 TAN for my work planner. Used one the last 2 years. Unfortunately, I won't use one for 2025. I have a few A5 blank notebooks and wanted to use them up, so ill draw my monthiles 😢 and use them for work. I will miss the TAN
Is the A5 TAN the one where it splits the week into 4 pages? I think that was the only reason I got the B6 bc I wasn't sure how I'd feel about not seeing it in one spread. But I think the design of all the TAN planners are so minimalistic and modern. And I absolutely love that
I love bullet journaling but I HATE the Scribbles that Matter. I actually do the minimalistic approach (pen+notebook, Ryder Carol way) and since I don’t do any art in it, I prefer thinner paper like in the Leuchteurm or even dollar tree books. The scribbles that matter was just to thick
@@hafsahali8635 o you don’t like scribbles that matter! Hm it’s my first bullet journal type of notebook so I don’t know how the others are. I’ve heard a lot of great things about out leuchteurm tho
I studied art I’ve never seen an art majors or any artist bullet journal. It’s simple a waste of time and takes away from actual planning . I ended up with the hobonichi weeks and less is more. It’s overwhelming from my experience and other people I’ve talked to .
I didn’t study art and I don’t have an artistic career, but it is a hobby for me. I tried to be artistic in my planning as I thought it was a way to do this hobby in a way that was still useful and functional. It was always stressful, and I always hated how it looked. a few months ago, I got a sketchbook. Now my sketchbook is for my art and my Hobbi weeks is for planning. It is much better this way,.
Have you ever watched Ryder Caroll's original bullet journal video? There's no frills in it. All you need is a pen and a notebook and preferably a ruler.
No I haven’t! But I will check it out. I think the only TH-camrs I’ve watched is Amanda rach Lee
True bullet journals are definitely the easiest. Love the style. I just like some stickers. The decorations can get overwhelming with the other styles.
100% agree if you haven’t watched Ryder Caroll (bullet journal creator) then you don’t really know bullet journaling. The creative community has taken BUJO to the next level which is great but the basic system is really just a notebook and a pen.
I’ve used that method for about 7 years and keep it simple. It’s evolved a little over that time but I use a pen and not even a ruler!
I feel this video. I got my start with paper planning as a kid when I'd draw my own monthly calendar on a sheet of notebook paper to write down homework pages and test dates, and I kept up with planning by picking up basic cheap weekly planners once I hit college to keep track of school assignments and social events in the days before smart phones.
Once I had kids, I moved up to a few different "Mom/family" planners available at Amazon or B&N, using them as functional tools without bothering to decorate them. I think this was the first time I was exposed to vertical grid weekly layouts, and I found that I liked them more than the usual horizontal lined boxes for weekly pages because I like having separate blocks for timed events, exercise/food, and tasks.
A few friends recommended Passion Planners to me around 2016, so I ordered a small sized one from their Kickstarter for the now discontinued reusable cover version with paperback insert. I liked it enough to get another undated small and a dated Medium on sale and also stocked up on Passion Planners during the $3.14 Pi Day sale last year after using PP (also on sale). I think I grabbed 2 daily and 3 undated weekly ones, because at that price, why not? I learned that I'm not busy enough or into writing about my day ad nauseum to make a daily planner worthwhile, but the weekly planners will eventually get used. I'll probably alternate years with the Nomatic planner, which has a similar layout as the PP weekly but is less cluttered and has some quality of life features I prefer (hard cover, slightly narrower A5 size, three! bookmark ribbons, two elastic bands, offset binding so there is a space at the top edge to stow your pen).
I also did a year of bullet journaling in 2017 before deciding that it was a waste of time for me to essentially draw out a weekly spread every Sunday in my blank dot grid notebook when there were hundreds of planners for under $12 that were printed with the same layout I preferred. I tried the OG rapid logging style of bullet journaling that Ryder Carroll demonstrated in his how to video, but eh... I am a visual weekly vertical layout gal, and I also have to be able to write down events that might be months in the future. That is just easier with a classic calendar layout and standard planner for me.
I did carry over the notation symbols from my bujo experiment and learned that an all-in-one book bound planner for events AND notes wasn't ideal because there were a lot of things I wrote in the bujo that I wanted to keep for reference in the future that were now stuck in a book with irrelevant grocery lists and long past appointments. I'd have to copy over all of the things I wanted to keep. 😢
I spent a year and a half messing around with Happy Planners in 2020-2022, which is when I fell slightly down the rabbit hole of stickers, washi tape, and plan with me videos. 😂 I actually enjoyed the ability to customize a HP with the exact types of filler pages I liked, but the cost, time spent trying to make it look pretty, and annoying sizes (mini was too small, standard was too big), eventually killed HP for me as a main planner. I liked the standard size (close to notebook paper size, but not as tall) a lot for planning my 2 kids' virtual school schedules during the 2 pandemic years of school at home since I didn't have to lug the heavy planner anywhere. That system felt more like a scrapbook/memory journaling than a functional system for someone who liked to carry their planner on the go.
At least the HP sticker collection can be used with PP and Nomatic, and I use the rings and paper punch to make slim ring bound books out of printed crochet and cross stitch patterns without the need for a binder. Staples has the ring bound ARC system that uses half letter sheet refills that is a lot more practical. I have played around a bit with making my own half letter Frankenplanner using it and printable sheets from Etsy. 😅
This year, I'm back to using one of the Nomatic A5 planners for events, appointments, and food logging, but I have a separate Miquelrius spiral graph notebook for tracking exercise (I like to see progress over multiple years and programs) and a B6 Stalogy as a commonplace book for all of the non-fitness knowledge I want to keep beyond one year.
I'm an artist, but I don't want to spend my creative time on making a mundane appointment book and food log that will be tossed at the end of the year pretty. I'd rather save it for a dedicated sketchbook or even the commonplace book. These days, my Nomatic is lucky it gets reusable colored monthly Post It tabs and a 4 color Frixion pen.
Thank you for watching and sharing your planner journey! It’s so weird/funny/even comforting that I completely understand all the planner terminology and brands you outlined. I love that I can share this hobby with people like you who know and also love it so much. Let me know how the Nomatic planner goes! I haven’t looked into that one as much but I’ve had a few ppl comment about it!
Ryder Carroll invented Bullet Journal. You make up the journal as you see fit. Blank dot grid, black pen.
Ah I didn't know that! it's on my to-do to check him out. Thank you!
Yes, this is where new journalers are led astray I think. Companies market dot grid journals as "bullet journals" so it is easy to miss that bullet journaling is a METHOD and the dot grid journals are a TOOL. Without the method, they are just blank notebooks.
I have always had a problem with overspending on stationeries. By the time I discovered the planner community, I already had dozens of unused notebooks laying around 😂 The worst part was none of them fitted my need for a planner. I’ve tried bullet journaling a few times (in 3 different notebooks) just to find out that I couldn’t handle the stress of having to draw out the layout all the time. None of them lasted for very long.
Now I’m settled with Hobonichi. Those extra notebooks I will use them for journaling, memory keeping, exploring art and random doodling. For a longtime I was beating myself up for not using up notebooks that I already had. But lastly when I went through my archive, I found out that I’ve actually already finished roughly a dozen of notebooks (or almost finished. Some of them still have a few pages left. Some of them are too old or kinda time sensitive so I can’t really go back and fill them out). So in reality I’m not as bad as I thought. It was a huge relief.
haha! I've tried to squeeze myself into one planner for many years and I am realizing finally that I always end up buying others by April. So I am going just get a few different ones for different reasons that I know I will need anyway. It's not a waste at all I think, it's a hobby, passion, and stress relief for so many of us.
When I first started bullet journaling years ago I loved doing all the artistic spreads and making the notebook look pretty. After three years of that, I got tired of drawing all my calendars and doing all those spreads, collections, etc. I just wanted practical. I tried the Hobonichi for a while, and now I primarily use Sterling Ink planners. (I'm addicted to the Tomoe River paper) Getting over my need to make my planners look like those I saw on TH-cam took a while, but now I do what works best for me. Everybody has different needs.
@@kmm2503 yes! While I know the original intent of bullet journaling may have not be artistic spreads, it’s these versions that drew me to it in the first place but I much prefer a planner laying it all out for me 🤗
Great job on your 1st planner video!
Thank you so much!!
Great video listen to it on my way to work. (Bullet Journal) I agree I’m not an artist! I wanna be 😂 but that’s not my ministry😅. I tried personal rings & I love it but the inserts, cutting inserts smh I just can’t & shops that sell gets too expensive. Hobonichi Weeks, oh my the LOVE of my life! This is the only planner I’ve stuck with going on my 3rd year. Idk how I discovered it and idc 😂. I’m glad I did.
Thank you for listening on your way to work! Dare I ask.. does that mean you found planner peace with the weeks? haha
I love the weeks! It’s my first year using it and it’s the longest and most use I’ve made of a planner so far! I think it might be planner peace for me!
This is really useful information thank you
I’m so glad it was helpful! 🤗
Thank you for this video. So glad that I found your channel. Hope that you plan to make more videos like this one. Your information is clear and concise.
Glad it was helpful! Yes I’m planning on making more 🤗
Thanks for making this video, I had a very similar path of trying planner/journals!!
Thank you for watching! Interesting did you start with bullet journaling too? 😅
I love Hobonichi. I discovered them two years ago. Thanks for your take on planners. Just subbed. Good luck on growing your channel.
Thank you for watching and the encouragement!
Awesome! ❤. Great job! Welcome to TH-cam creator land.
Thank you so much!!
I'm following just bc of po po 😊 ♥️. That's what I call my grandson.
Thank you! She loves napping while I film 😂
PassionPlanner is one of my favorites--it's the planner that got me back into journaling full time after several years away. I had been looking for something to organize my life a bit in 2022 and decided to buy the undated Passion Planner in 2021 because I wasn't sure when they were coming out with the 2022 version of the dated ones. I've been using them since then for both planning and memory keeping, but this year I've been slightly falling out of love with it, and while I do plan, I no longer want to memory keep in the planner because I keep running out of space for my writing or my pictures. So for 2025 I've gotten the Hobonichi Cousin Avec because of the daily pages and the space. And I also do not like planner chunk so that's another win for me to have the year split into 2 because those planners do get heavy and thick after a while. lol.
Same! I think 2025 is going to be the first year I don't use the Passion Planner. While it was the first one that got me into the love of planning, I am growing out of it for similar reasons as you
For 2025 work planner I'm switching from Hobonichi Weeks horizontal to the Kokuyo Jibun Techo lite vertical. I'm already exited for the change in the paper.
For personal I use a dot grid, and spend a few minutes setting up each week. Since I use the same layouts I made my own stencils. For decor - functional stickers. Adds pretty while minimizing repetition writing.
@@melindadawngarren5137 you know I’ve never looked really hard into jibun? Are there many versions of that like hobo?
@@Rosyrespark 2025 will be my first year using a Jibun they have different sizes if that's what you are asking about, and also offer what they call a life kit set up with 3 journals (planner, blank notes, guided journal - not proper explanation) Jet Pens does a decent comparison blog between Jibun (Kokuyo) & Hobonichi for better details. :)
(I am not affiliated with any brands, other than end user.)
I love the jibun lite, I've been using it for 2 years, i tried the hobonichi a6 first, but i missed having a weekly view. And i prefer the vertical layout, so the hobo weeks wouldn't be ideal, as cute as it is...
I plan/track in rings. No frills, no stickers, no washi tape. Just a mix of ready-made inexpensive refills from local stationery stores and a Pilot Dr. Grip 4+1 multi pen. Pages that are no longer relevant go into the garbage bin. Long-form journaling happens in fountain pen-friendly hardcover journals (B6 being my favorite size) with 5mm grid paper. For book journaling on the go, I have a TN regular size.
@@yuklimka7251 you saying pilot dr grip caught my eye the most! I know you’re talking about the one version but that was my all time favorite mechanical pencil for years! Got me through undergrad and grad school 💕
@@Rosyrespark I've tried other mechanical pencils with cushioned grips, but they were too squishy. And the 4+1 works for me because I get four colors and a pencil in one pen body. I love Pilot products. They also make some of my favorite fountain pens.
congrats on starting your channel🎉
Thank you!
Great video, very clear. Your sound is good as is your video quality and editing. I journal a lot but I don't know that much for the passion planner hobonichi system. I thought your art in the Scribbles was cute, but I get that not everyone is crafty or likes to do that. As others have said the Ryder Caroll original bullet journal system is very minimalistic, not a sticker or cuties drawing in site. I think Pintrest and other socal media took that freedom and ran with it. When you search for bullet journaling you find more vibe than substance.
@@elizabethrush2102 thank you for the feedback! 💕 yes thanks to others here, I now know the original intent was much more minimal but the artistic versions really drew me into this world 😅 while I love my style now I do see myself going more simple at some point too
I really enjoyed your video! I think you did a great job of breaking down different types of planners to help people decide what they need. I’ve used planners for 30 years. Started with the Franklin in undergrad and used that until the BuJo method came out. That did a great job for my work/home needs. When I had a lifestyle change, I was in planner flux, and I needed something with more structure…but not ALL structure. I got the Hobonichi Cousin this year, and I like the structure and layout (I’m a vertical person, I cannot visually ‘see’ a week in the horizontal at all) but I didn’t like every page being dated, and having very little “free pages” for creativity (I’m not an artist, but I like to make things fun, the way you did in your Passion Planner…but I don’t want to have to be able to make every single spread and have it look good, cause it wont, 😂) I found that the color changes, quotes and a few other things bugged me about the Hobonichi. I needed something that I could carry around with me every day in my purse, and I needed a desk planner that was more detailed, but also was less visually distracting and had a little less enforced structure (and no quotes! I hate pre-printed quotes!!! I’ll add my own!) So, I went with the Sterling Ink this year (my first order just came in the mail today and the unopened box is next to me beckoning me!) because I really liked the layout, the choice of all free pages (numbered) after the months/weeks, etc. No quotes, no color changes or distracting visuals. It’s very similar to the Hobonichi Techo and offered in a bunch of sizes, so I got A6 during that release, and I’ll be getting an A5 for my desk with next weeks release. It is costly, and the videos can be so appealing to buy so many accessories (I’m looking at you, full set of Mildliners cause everyone loved them…when I should have spent that money on 7 or 8 Tombow dual brush pens instead…) so I would recommend looking at videos of different planners, thinking about what you need vs what you want. Maybe get a cheap notebook and write out what you’d like it to look like (as a draft) feel the size/weight in your hand. Where is it going? My A6 needs a case to survive daily life in my purse. My A5 really doesn’t, it stays mostly at home, and I have a case already that will work for it. I never thought I’d like Tomoe River Paper, but for a planner, I do. I have some “just journals” from Archer & Olive and Notebook Therapy that are beautiful and I can use for writing when I want to do that (plus a recipe book, and a health book.) I have loved paper and pens since I was a little kid. I love the feel of different papers and how different pens write. Try to go to a store like an art store (or a planner store if you’re lucky enough to have one) where you can sample the different papers and pens (Jetpens also has sample kits of different types of paper and pens that they sell.) If it doesn’t feel right, look right, and fit your needs right…you aren’t going to use it. It’s a journey, and your needs and wants change over time. Pass things down, or swap at a meetup (look for local clubs and libraries) when you’ve decided you don’t like 20 of your washi tapes. Enjoy, but be prudent. As Julia Child said, “Everything in moderation…including moderation.” So have fun where you can, and be more restrained when you can. It should be fun, not intimidating, pressure filled or like a chore. You don’t have to have the newest, coolest thing everyone is going on and on about…see if it’s something you’d like vs “shiny, me, now!” (Any fellow ADHD will understand that!) Keep up with the videos, you have a really nice voice and had great things to say!
Thank you for the feedback and planner advice! I got my first sterling ink this year too! I’ve always tried to stick with one planner but I’m realizing one planner isn’t really going to do it all for since I like different things for different reasons 😅
@@Rosyrespark Same here! I think it’s hard for one planner to fit every need, and if you have a few in different layouts/styles/sizes, or just grid, I’ve found that I feel more comfortable just jotting something down that won’t “ruin” a layout, or doesn’t fit in a prescribed box. Also, more comfortable having that weekly timed schedule that I can put all of the appointments/to dos/family events, etc etc, and not lose the random post-it I jotted it down on and then lose 🤦🏽♀️ Hope you continue to make videos and that you find some Planner Peace ☮️
I've already placed my order for 2025 passion planner. This will be my first time using it but it seems to be the one that has structure and a bit of flexibility. I'm determined not to plan or hop this year because I'm tired of wasting money😂
The passion planner is a great first planner for me! I hope you like it. I could go on and on about what I love about that planner too ❤
I love the paper quality but i use it for months and if I skip a week it’s over until the next year 😅but I use it for doodles because of the paper quality
@@luckyluna62 interesting! I don’t use the months bc it’s not lined 😅 I cringe when I start writing crooked 😬
I love the A5 TAN for my work planner. Used one the last 2 years. Unfortunately, I won't use one for 2025. I have a few A5 blank notebooks and wanted to use them up, so ill draw my monthiles 😢 and use them for work. I will miss the TAN
Is the A5 TAN the one where it splits the week into 4 pages? I think that was the only reason I got the B6 bc I wasn't sure how I'd feel about not seeing it in one spread. But I think the design of all the TAN planners are so minimalistic and modern. And I absolutely love that
I love bullet journaling but I HATE the Scribbles that Matter. I actually do the minimalistic approach (pen+notebook, Ryder Carol way) and since I don’t do any art in it, I prefer thinner paper like in the Leuchteurm or even dollar tree books. The scribbles that matter was just to thick
@@hafsahali8635 o you don’t like scribbles that matter! Hm it’s my first bullet journal type of notebook so I don’t know how the others are. I’ve heard a lot of great things about out leuchteurm tho
I studied art I’ve never seen an art majors or any artist bullet journal. It’s simple a waste of time and takes away from actual planning . I ended up with the hobonichi weeks and less is more. It’s overwhelming from my experience and other people I’ve talked to .
Ah agree for myself too! I think some ppl just like to create art within their journals tho just not me 😂
I didn’t study art and I don’t have an artistic career, but it is a hobby for me. I tried to be artistic in my planning as I thought it was a way to do this hobby in a way that was still useful and functional. It was always stressful, and I always hated how it looked. a few months ago, I got a sketchbook. Now my sketchbook is for my art and my Hobbi weeks is for planning. It is much better this way,.
that's funny because the bullet journal system was created by an art director.
Great video and suddenly it just ended, I thought I lost my internet connection. 😅 Looking forward! 👏
@@junkjournaldavao haha sorry 😅 will work on better outros! Thanks for the feedback 💕
Full-ass page! LOL!
@@javapick haha you caught that 🤣
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@@Rosyrespark me too!